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' CHILL MOLD FOR Dot-:- IRONS. N0. 289E366, Patented Nov. 27,1883.

WITNESSES [5 0 I.

Q'NITED STATES- PATENT @FFICE.

. NICKOLAUS znvs, on EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO znvs BROTHERS, X aI or SAME PLACE.

CHILL-MOLD FOR DOG-IRONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,366, dated November27, 1883.

Application filed August 28, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: covers in a closed position, and hh aremetal i Be it known that I, N.,ZINS, a citizen of the staples, which maybe engaged by a hook or United States, residing at Evansville, in theotherwise to manipulate the covers while hot. county of Vanderbu rgh andState of Indiana, i designates the sprue of the chill-mold, and haveinvented certain new and useful. Imk is the vent or riser for the escapeof the air provements in Ghill-Molds for Dogs; and I do as the metal ispoured in at the sprue. WVithdeclare the following to be a full, clear,and out the covers the casting will be imperfect exact description ofthe invention, such as by reason of insufficient metal or other cause,will enable others skilled in the art to which and never square, full,and complete as when 3 to it appertains to make and use the same,referthe covers are used.

once being had to the accompanying drawan indicates a depression orrecess in the ings, and to letters or figures of reference bed of themold, centrally beneath the leg- Inarked thereon, which form a part ofthis holder 0. Then the sections d are closed upon specification. themold, this recess receives the lower end of I 5 Figure 1 of the drawingsis a representathe said leg. i I 1 tion of this invention, and is a topview closed The mold-cavity maybe ornamented in any i over the dog. Fig.2 is a top view of the suitable style to suit the taste of the public.

mold open and without the dog. Fig. 3 is a Having thus fully describedmy invention, 5 5 vertical section through the mold and the dog. what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by 5 20 Fig. 4 is a perspectivedetail, showing that Letters Patent, is-

end of the leg which is inserted in the mold. The combination, with thebase a, of the This invention has relation to chill-molds chill-moldprovidedwith the moldeavity, and for casting andirons or dog-irons-to beused carrying the buttons 9 g and one-half of the upon the hearth; andit consists in the novel sprue i of the hinged laterally-swinging covers2 5 construction and arrangement of devices, as e e, pivoted at f to thefront end of the base will be hereinafter fully described, and para, andhaving each in their inner edges the it? ticularly pointed out in theclaim appended. half-riser 7c, the half leg'holder d, and thestadrawings, a designates the bed-plate of the its inner edge, near itsrear end, with the half- I 1" -o chilled or east-iron mold or former,the dogsprue 'i, substantially as specified.

iron being made therein, except the leg b, In testimony whereof I affixmy signature which may be cast separately, and inserted in presence oftwo witnesses. into the leg-holder a, formed in two sections, T T (Z d,upon the hinged covers 6 c of the mold. LIOKOLAUS 3 5 The covers 6 e arehinged at f, and swing lat- Vitnesses:

erall'y over the recesses in the bed-plate. GEO. L. MEsKEn,

g g designate the buttons for securing the I. B. MESKER.

Referring by letter to the accompanying ples h, and the half-coverebeing provided in

